OK - Maybe this is a dump question but I have to ask. Are those piping bags that Duff uses parchment bags with just a small amount of royal? No tip? When I've tried parchment without a tip my lines come out flat and uneven. Did I not roll them tight enough?
Also, how are they so small - are they starting with a much smaller piece of parchment?
Sorry - but I just can't figure this one out and it seems like it would be a much easier way to put some details on my cakes!
Thanks.
they look like parchment paper to me and they probably cut them to the size they want.
I've been wondering the same thing. I would love to know how to make and use these.
I've been wondering the same thing. I would love to know how to make and use these.
I agree that they just look like small parchment cones that they cut the opening to the size they want to do the piping on the cakes. But I too have the same problem you are describing getting the opening and piping to be consistent when I cut the opening myself! I guess they have a LOT of experience doing it...
At the bakery I worked in years ago, we wrote on the cakes with little bags of icing that the decorator made up. That's all they were, smaller squares of parchment rolled up. Nothing fancy. They were always round, never had a problem with the icing coming out flat.
Info on Parchment Triangles:
(with tutorials)
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-100411.html
HTH
Use really sharp sissors or knife to cute your tip. It really helps to keep it round.With practice you can make the bag without having to cut the tip.
Which cakes are you doing? I love that book and have done several. I did an adaptation of the NY skyline one for my daughters 16th b-day. The kids were amazed.
i too used to have that problem of a flat line of icing coming out of a parchment bag with no tip, here is what i learned from a bakery decorator. when making the bag instead of lining up the points like taught in the wilton classes, take those 2 loose end and take them all the way around to the opposite side of the center point, makes for a really tight bag. but when you cut the tip off it will stay round. it works.
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